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VOCM News Evening Update October 26th · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update.
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  Speaker 2: Good evening, I'm Mahalia Artis. Government is cutting the provincial
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  Speaker 2: HST equivalent on gas and diesel through the winter months
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  Speaker 2: in a temporary affordability measure announced this morning. But whether
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  Speaker 2: the break will be extended remains to be seen. The
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  Speaker 2: tax cut, equating to $ 0. 08 a litre, will take effect
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  Speaker 2: on December 1 and run until March 31. Finance Minister
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  Speaker 2: Craig Pardee is promising future legislation which would automatically drop
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  Speaker 2: the tax once the price of oil hits a certain threshold,
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  Speaker 2: though he stopped short of providing specific details. Party notes
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  Speaker 2: if the price of oil remains high come April 1st,
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  Speaker 2: government will extend the tax break. Otherwise, the tax will
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  Speaker 2: return in the spring. He says many may ask, why
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  Speaker 2: not remove it altogether?
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  Speaker 3: If the price of oil is down $ 62, that's a
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  Speaker 3: different story. It makes the bringing back of the taxation more.
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  Speaker 3: And some would say, well, why put it back there
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  Speaker 3: in the first place? Well, 42% of our expenditures in
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  Speaker 3: government go towards health. 16% go towards education. It's what
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  Speaker 3: taxes do for us. And at the same time, we
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  Speaker 3: can hear Newfoundlanders and Labradorians say that, well, we're striving
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  Speaker 3: to improve health care. Sometimes it takes funds to do it.
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  Speaker 2: House Speaker Paul Lane started the fall session of the
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  Speaker 2: House of Assembly by issuing visual reminder to members of
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  Speaker 2: the importance of respect and decorum and the importance of
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  Speaker 2: working in a harassment-free environment. The last sitting of the
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  Speaker 2: House of Assembly was a particularly chaotic one, with concerns
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  Speaker 2: raised on all sides of the legislature. Things took an
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  Speaker 2: ugly turn last May with a tense shouting match between
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  Speaker 2: Liberal Elvis Loveless and Minister Lloyd Parrott outside the chamber.
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  Speaker 2: Speaker Paul Lane today highlighted pamphlets his office has had
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  Speaker 2: printed for distribution among all elected members.
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  Speaker 1: I had our staff create these and have them here
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  Speaker 1: for all members to reflect on from time to time.
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  Speaker 1: On the very front of it, as it says, this
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  Speaker 1: honourable house is guided by the principle of respect.
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  Speaker 4: Respect for ourselves. Respect for our colleagues, respect for staff,
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  Speaker 4: respect for the institution, and respect for the people of
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  Speaker 4: Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Speaker 2: The local Ukrainian community is celebrating the passage of Bill
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  Speaker 2: S-210 in the House of Commons, which formally recognizes each
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  Speaker 2: September as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada. It was in
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  Speaker 2: September of 1891 when the first Ukrainian settlers arrived in Canada,
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  Speaker 2: primarily in the Prairies provinces, where the descendants still live today.
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  Speaker 2: Since then, the country has seen a huge influx of Ukrainians,
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  Speaker 2: their numbers growing steadily since the Russian invasion in February
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  Speaker 2: of 2022. Thousands from that country now call Newfoundland and
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  Speaker 2: Labrador home. An emotional tribute was paid in the House
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  Speaker 2: of Assembly today to a respected Torbay doctor who disappeared
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  Speaker 2: two weeks ago. An extensive search in the Cape St.
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  Speaker 2: Francis area failed to turn up any sign of Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Thomas Hall, whose vehicle was found near the Marine Park
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  Speaker 2: in Pooch Cove. Choking back tears, John Hogan remembered Hall
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  Speaker 2: as a good friend and respected by his friends, family, peers,
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  Speaker 2: and patients. That's your news. I'm Mahalia Artis.